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VOLUME II
PORTSMOUTH AREA AEC PROJECT
MARCH 5, 1954
NUMBER 5
AEC SAFETY HEAD LAUDS RECORD
COMPILED AT PORTSMOUTH AREA
Peter Kiewit Sons' Co. and its
subcontractors on the Portsmouth Area AEC project received words of praise last week
from the Atomic Energy Com-
ission's Safety and Fire Prevention Chief D. F. Hayes.
Hayes, along with R. B.
Smith, AEC Fire Protection engineer and W. L. Lafferty, acting chief of the AEC Oak Ridge
Safety Branch, made an inspection tour of the area with PKS
Safety Chief Joe Madura and
Portsmouth Area AEC Safety
Chief W. C. Crozer.
"By comparison with other A-
tomic Energy Commission construction work progressing
throughout the country, Peter
Kiewit Sons' Co. and its subcontractors are doing an excellent job in accident and fire prevention," said Hayes.
The visiting safety heads
watched a demonstration by the
PKS Fire Department. Water
was played from two 2xh inch
lines with the pumper drawing
water from two large Building
Services tank trucks, showing
how operation was possible
where lines and hydrants were
not accessible.
Hayes termed the project firefighters of Chief S. J. Cropper,
"an alert and up-to-date department".
Employee Dance
Is Scheduled For
Mar. 6 At Jackson
The PKS Recreation Division
has announced plans for three
more Project Employee Dances
for the near future in Jackson,
Portsmouth and Chillicothe.
The first dance will be held
tomorrow night, Saturday,
March 6, from nine until one at
the Memorial Building in Jackson. Playing for the Jackson
dance will be the "Top Hatters"
from Portsmouth.
Additional dances have been
scheduled for Portsmouth, at
the Eagles Hall, on Saturday,
March 20, and at Chillicothe on
Saturday, April 10.
Luther Poling, chief of the
Recreation Division, stated admission to all Project Employee Dances will be by employee
identification badges only. Beginning with tomorrow night's
dance, previously used "By Jupiter" cards will not be honored
for admission to future Recreation Division sponsored activities.
CHILLICOTHE WIVES TO MEET
The PKS Recreation Division
will sponsor a get-acquainted
party at Tiffin School in Chillicothe on Saturday, March 13,
at 2:00 P. M. for wives of project employees.
Plans are under way to organize a club composed of employes' wives to plan future activities and parties for residents of
the Chillicothe area.
BLOOD FREE TO EMPLOYEES
Officials of the Huntington
Regional Red Cross Blood Center have advised that project
employees and their families
are eligible to receive blood
transfusions without charge, as
a result of donations made by
employees on the occasion of
the bloodmobile's recent visit to
the project.
Employees requiring transfusions are asked to get in touch
with the Pike County chapter
of the Red Cross before paying
for blood given at any hospital.
Pictured above are top personnel of Peter Kiewit Sons' Co. General Fixed Price Subcontracts Department on the Portsmouth Area project. In the top photo Secretary Helen Anderson is shown
with Subcontracts Department General Superintendent H. H. Nicholson (left) and Assistant H. H.
McLean. In the center picture the department's seven Resident Engineers take time out from a
weekly roundtable meeting to pose for this picture for THE ATOMIZER. Pictured from left to
right are: L. J. Odell, H. E. Senf, W. A. Cone, G. E. Broderson, W. J. Sekyra, J. L. O'Marr and D.
D. "Doug" Baker. In the lower photo are (from left to right) : Administrative Assistant R. Hughes,
Jr., Contracts Branch Chief A. J. Norton, Mechanical Engineer JV. H. Miller, Electrical Engineer
T. E. Marcum, Expediting Branch Chief P. M. Barlow, Progress and Estimates Branch Chief R. G.
Manning and Enginering Branch Chief L. J. Dykes. Seated in the center is the Office Engineering
Division Engineer H. O. Egeberg.
GENERAL FIXED PRICE SUBCONTRACTS DEPARTMENT
ACTS AS IMPORTANT LINK BETWEEN PKS AND SUBS
Watching a demonstration by the PKS Fire Department on a
recent visit to the Portsmouth Area project are top AEC safety
officials and safety heads at the jobsite. Pictured from left to
right are: PKS Fire Chief S. J. Cropper, Acting Oak Ridge Safety
Chief W. L. Lafferty, PKS Safety Chief Joe Madura, Portsmouth
Area AEC Safety Chief W. C. Crozer, AEC Fire Protection Engineer R. B. Smith and AEC Safety and Fire Prevention Chief D. F.
"Dan" Hayes.
Before the Goodyear Atomic
Corporation takes over the operation of this multi-million dollar Atomic Energy Commission
project upon the completion of
construction, hundreds of materials and construction subcontracts will have been involved.
Administering these numerous
and various subcontracts for
Peter Kiewit Sons' Co., the
prime construction contractor,
is its General Fixed Price Subcontracts Department headed
by H. H. Nicholson.
From the date a fixed price
materials or construction contract is awarded until its completion, the General Fixed Price
Subcontracts Department handles the administration of the
contract for the prime contractor.
Top personnel assisting General Superintendent Nicholson
in this operation are Assistant
H. H. McLean, Administrative
Assistant R. Hughes, Jr., N. H.
Miller, mechanical engineer and
T. E. Marcum, electrical engin
eer.
The major divisions of the
department consist of an Office
Engineering Division, headed
by H. O. Egeberg and seven
Resident Engineers who serve
as direct contacts in the field
with subcontracting companies.
The Progress and Estimates,
Engineering, Expediting and
Contracts Branches of the Office Engineering Division control the maze of operations involved in the completion and acceptance of subcontracted work.
Serving in the capacity of
Resident Engineers for the General Fixed Price Subcontracts
Department and their respective
fields of operation are: H. E.
Senf, temporary buildings and
permanent administration area
construction; J. L. O'Marr,
roads, site grading and outside
utilities; W. J. Sekyra, electrical
distribution and communications; L. J. Odell, outside utility
plants; D. D. Baker, administration of lump sum contracts on
process buildings; W. A. Cone,
building of permanent structures other than process buildings; and G. E. Broderson, concrete batch plant.
Some of the details handled
by the Resident Engineers include direct supervision of subcontract work in the area, checking of contracts for compliance
with plans and specifications,
processing partial and final pay
estimates, initiation of contract
modifications, the setting up of
final inspection and the recommending of acceptance of work.
MEDICAL DIV. HONORS SMITH
Employees of the PKS Medical Division honored Mr. and
Mrs. Eugene J. Smith at a dinner-dance held at the Lake
White Club on Saturday evening, February 20.
Smith, currently business
manager of the Smith-Everett
(Hospital in Portsmouth, was formerly superintendent of the
PKS Medical Division Hospital
on the project.

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VOLUME II
PORTSMOUTH AREA AEC PROJECT
MARCH 5, 1954
NUMBER 5
AEC SAFETY HEAD LAUDS RECORD
COMPILED AT PORTSMOUTH AREA
Peter Kiewit Sons' Co. and its
subcontractors on the Portsmouth Area AEC project received words of praise last week
from the Atomic Energy Com-
ission's Safety and Fire Prevention Chief D. F. Hayes.
Hayes, along with R. B.
Smith, AEC Fire Protection engineer and W. L. Lafferty, acting chief of the AEC Oak Ridge
Safety Branch, made an inspection tour of the area with PKS
Safety Chief Joe Madura and
Portsmouth Area AEC Safety
Chief W. C. Crozer.
"By comparison with other A-
tomic Energy Commission construction work progressing
throughout the country, Peter
Kiewit Sons' Co. and its subcontractors are doing an excellent job in accident and fire prevention," said Hayes.
The visiting safety heads
watched a demonstration by the
PKS Fire Department. Water
was played from two 2xh inch
lines with the pumper drawing
water from two large Building
Services tank trucks, showing
how operation was possible
where lines and hydrants were
not accessible.
Hayes termed the project firefighters of Chief S. J. Cropper,
"an alert and up-to-date department".
Employee Dance
Is Scheduled For
Mar. 6 At Jackson
The PKS Recreation Division
has announced plans for three
more Project Employee Dances
for the near future in Jackson,
Portsmouth and Chillicothe.
The first dance will be held
tomorrow night, Saturday,
March 6, from nine until one at
the Memorial Building in Jackson. Playing for the Jackson
dance will be the "Top Hatters"
from Portsmouth.
Additional dances have been
scheduled for Portsmouth, at
the Eagles Hall, on Saturday,
March 20, and at Chillicothe on
Saturday, April 10.
Luther Poling, chief of the
Recreation Division, stated admission to all Project Employee Dances will be by employee
identification badges only. Beginning with tomorrow night's
dance, previously used "By Jupiter" cards will not be honored
for admission to future Recreation Division sponsored activities.
CHILLICOTHE WIVES TO MEET
The PKS Recreation Division
will sponsor a get-acquainted
party at Tiffin School in Chillicothe on Saturday, March 13,
at 2:00 P. M. for wives of project employees.
Plans are under way to organize a club composed of employes' wives to plan future activities and parties for residents of
the Chillicothe area.
BLOOD FREE TO EMPLOYEES
Officials of the Huntington
Regional Red Cross Blood Center have advised that project
employees and their families
are eligible to receive blood
transfusions without charge, as
a result of donations made by
employees on the occasion of
the bloodmobile's recent visit to
the project.
Employees requiring transfusions are asked to get in touch
with the Pike County chapter
of the Red Cross before paying
for blood given at any hospital.
Pictured above are top personnel of Peter Kiewit Sons' Co. General Fixed Price Subcontracts Department on the Portsmouth Area project. In the top photo Secretary Helen Anderson is shown
with Subcontracts Department General Superintendent H. H. Nicholson (left) and Assistant H. H.
McLean. In the center picture the department's seven Resident Engineers take time out from a
weekly roundtable meeting to pose for this picture for THE ATOMIZER. Pictured from left to
right are: L. J. Odell, H. E. Senf, W. A. Cone, G. E. Broderson, W. J. Sekyra, J. L. O'Marr and D.
D. "Doug" Baker. In the lower photo are (from left to right) : Administrative Assistant R. Hughes,
Jr., Contracts Branch Chief A. J. Norton, Mechanical Engineer JV. H. Miller, Electrical Engineer
T. E. Marcum, Expediting Branch Chief P. M. Barlow, Progress and Estimates Branch Chief R. G.
Manning and Enginering Branch Chief L. J. Dykes. Seated in the center is the Office Engineering
Division Engineer H. O. Egeberg.
GENERAL FIXED PRICE SUBCONTRACTS DEPARTMENT
ACTS AS IMPORTANT LINK BETWEEN PKS AND SUBS
Watching a demonstration by the PKS Fire Department on a
recent visit to the Portsmouth Area project are top AEC safety
officials and safety heads at the jobsite. Pictured from left to
right are: PKS Fire Chief S. J. Cropper, Acting Oak Ridge Safety
Chief W. L. Lafferty, PKS Safety Chief Joe Madura, Portsmouth
Area AEC Safety Chief W. C. Crozer, AEC Fire Protection Engineer R. B. Smith and AEC Safety and Fire Prevention Chief D. F.
"Dan" Hayes.
Before the Goodyear Atomic
Corporation takes over the operation of this multi-million dollar Atomic Energy Commission
project upon the completion of
construction, hundreds of materials and construction subcontracts will have been involved.
Administering these numerous
and various subcontracts for
Peter Kiewit Sons' Co., the
prime construction contractor,
is its General Fixed Price Subcontracts Department headed
by H. H. Nicholson.
From the date a fixed price
materials or construction contract is awarded until its completion, the General Fixed Price
Subcontracts Department handles the administration of the
contract for the prime contractor.
Top personnel assisting General Superintendent Nicholson
in this operation are Assistant
H. H. McLean, Administrative
Assistant R. Hughes, Jr., N. H.
Miller, mechanical engineer and
T. E. Marcum, electrical engin
eer.
The major divisions of the
department consist of an Office
Engineering Division, headed
by H. O. Egeberg and seven
Resident Engineers who serve
as direct contacts in the field
with subcontracting companies.
The Progress and Estimates,
Engineering, Expediting and
Contracts Branches of the Office Engineering Division control the maze of operations involved in the completion and acceptance of subcontracted work.
Serving in the capacity of
Resident Engineers for the General Fixed Price Subcontracts
Department and their respective
fields of operation are: H. E.
Senf, temporary buildings and
permanent administration area
construction; J. L. O'Marr,
roads, site grading and outside
utilities; W. J. Sekyra, electrical
distribution and communications; L. J. Odell, outside utility
plants; D. D. Baker, administration of lump sum contracts on
process buildings; W. A. Cone,
building of permanent structures other than process buildings; and G. E. Broderson, concrete batch plant.
Some of the details handled
by the Resident Engineers include direct supervision of subcontract work in the area, checking of contracts for compliance
with plans and specifications,
processing partial and final pay
estimates, initiation of contract
modifications, the setting up of
final inspection and the recommending of acceptance of work.
MEDICAL DIV. HONORS SMITH
Employees of the PKS Medical Division honored Mr. and
Mrs. Eugene J. Smith at a dinner-dance held at the Lake
White Club on Saturday evening, February 20.
Smith, currently business
manager of the Smith-Everett
(Hospital in Portsmouth, was formerly superintendent of the
PKS Medical Division Hospital
on the project.